# The Preaching of St John the Baptist

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BLOEMAERT, Abraham](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bloemaert-abraham-rcb490160a07500-rcb490160a07500>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 139 x 188 cm

## Commentary

The subject of this painting was very popular in the Netherlands among Protestants and Catholics alike in the closing years of the 16th century. This canvas, with its colourful figures, is the most impressive of the versions that the Catholic Bloemaert painted of the subject. One striking feature is the prominence given to the landscape, which is in a wholly Flemish style.

## Related artworks

- [A Cottage \(recto\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bloemaert-abraham-rcb490160a07500-rcb490160a07500/a-cottage-recto-rce33126f7e0523>)
- [Adoration of the Magi](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bloemaert-abraham-rcb490160a07500-rcb490160a07500/adoration-of-the-magi-rb4c84404373107>)
- [Adoration of the Shepherds](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bloemaert-abraham-rcb490160a07500-rcb490160a07500/adoration-of-the-shepherds-r0233f92cdc5a5c>)
- [Adoration of the Shepherds](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bloemaert-abraham-rcb490160a07500-rcb490160a07500/adoration-of-the-shepherds-ra2fff31576a314>)
- [Allegory of Winter](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bloemaert-abraham-rcb490160a07500-rcb490160a07500/allegory-of-winter-r7f22375e4eada8>)
- [Apollo and Diana Punishing Niobe by Killing her Children](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bloemaert-abraham-rcb490160a07500-rcb490160a07500/apollo-and-diana-punishing-niobe-by-killing-her-children-rb7c7f7dee7b324>)
- [Charikleia and Theagenes](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bloemaert-abraham-rcb490160a07500-rcb490160a07500/charikleia-and-theagenes-r0250f09749c372>)
- [Farmyard](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bloemaert-abraham-rcb490160a07500-rcb490160a07500/farmyard-r3b5111bcdb8d71>)
- [Farmyard with Dovecote](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bloemaert-abraham-rcb490160a07500-rcb490160a07500/farmyard-with-dovecote-r5647939367b815>)
- [Huntsman with Dogs](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bloemaert-abraham-rcb490160a07500-rcb490160a07500/huntsman-with-dogs-rac6035b626e967>)
- [Landscape with Peasants Resting](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bloemaert-abraham-rcb490160a07500-rcb490160a07500/landscape-with-peasants-resting-rb2d3cdab9b8fac>)
- [Landscape with the Parable of the Tares among the Wheat](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bloemaert-abraham-rcb490160a07500-rcb490160a07500/landscape-with-the-parable-of-the-tares-among-the-wheat-r5ab5b437c58350>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)